The Borning Room Lib/E

Product Description


[Library Edition Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl case.]

[Read by Jeanine Kane]

Lying at the end of her life in the room where she was born in 1851, Georgina remembers what it was like to grow up on the Ohio frontier.

Mothers give birth in the borning room. The dying take their departure there. Outside the Lott family's Ohio farmhouse, the Civil War rages, slavery falls, and the world marvels at the wonder of electricity. Inside, within the walls of the borning room, Georgina Lott will experience her life's greatest turnings. Across the years, she discovers womanhood and first love, experiences the mourning that comes with loss, and, as did her mother and grandmother, at last takes her place in the room as another precious life is about to begin.


Review


A beautifully crafted novel.-- "Kirkus Reviews"


Lush with similes, metaphors, and allusions so subtly woven into the mesh of the narrative that they enrich without distracting. A memorable novel, rich and resonant in familial love and the strength of connection and tradition.-- "School Library Journal"


The dimensions of one small room expand to become a universal setting for the grand drama that is life.-- "Horn Book (starred review)"


About the Author


PAUL FLEISCHMAN grew up in Santa Monica, California, in a house with a printing press, a grand piano, a shortwave radio, and his father -- children's author Sid Fleischman. Playing recorder in early music consorts led to his books of verbal duets:
I Am Phoenix, Joyful Noise (winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, and
Big Talk. His novels built from monologues include
Bull Run, a sixteen-character account of the Civil War's first battle, and
Seedfolks, the chronicle of the first year of a Cleveland community garden. His interest in theater inspired his young adult novels
Mind's Eye, Seek, and
Breakout, all of which revolve around the spoken word. His historical fiction includes
Saturnalia and
The Borning Room. He's written nonfiction and picture books as well, including
Time Train, Weslandia, and
Sidewalk Circus. Alongside the Newbery Medal, he's won a Newbery Honor Book, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, the PEN West Literary Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and most recently was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award. He makes his home in the village of Aromas, California.